what if everything only gets better from here on out? what if everything works out for us? what if all of our best days are still ahead of us? what if all of our dreams come true?

Sometimes you need to learn to be quiet even when you have a lot to say.

Growing up is actually all about realizing people don’t inherently dislike you and it’s a bit odd to assume they do

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why don’t you read a poem about the sunrise written 5 centuries ago and contemplate the fact that we have been writing about the same sun for centuries upon centuries and then maybe you’ll calm down

on being 23

"the vault" andres Cerpa // "dirty valentine" richard siken // "the glass essay" anne carson // "class of 2013" mitski // "trampoline" you won't // "elephant gun" beirut // "ten years old" you won't // "skeptic goodbye" you won't // "the love song of j. alfred prufrock" t.s. eliot // "by and by" caamp // "the glass essay" anne carson // "another last letter to you" nate pritts // "saying your names" richard siken

in 2009 florence welch said “leave all your love and your longing behind, you can’t carry it with you if you want to survive” and in 2018 she said “the loneliness never left me, i always took it with me, but i can put it down in the pleasure of your company” and that is growth

need

israel has been bombing residential towers, refugee camps, media offices and now there are reports that it plans to bomb two UN run schools in palestine. reminder that many ppl who have been rendered homeless by these bombings have found shelter in these schools. palestine's hospitals are overflowing, their top doctors are being killed in these bombings, and the pandemic is still raging while israel is blocking humanitarian aid as well. these are war crimes. this is a genocide.

PLEASE do not stop talking about Palestine and spreading information, especially from Palestinians, whether it's here or on other social medias you use more often. Palestinians themselves have said over and over again that spreading this on social media helps, I've seen some people say that it feels different this time now that the world is starting to hear their voices. and please donate if you are able to

perhaps your love belongs with you, right now, and not someone else.